69 Zl1 Corvette

[SuperCars]

Stan I have a copy of that GM factory drawing you are speaking of for the ZL1 Stripes like Roger's. It is dated about ten days after the build date of my car. Kevin.

[MotownMadman]

My memory may be fading with age, but it seems I read years ago that the yellow ZL-1 at one time was seized from a drug dealer in the southeastern US then sold at auction in Florida, it seems to me that the same article had referenced that the other ZL-1 was owned by one of the Unser brothers, as I wondered why he would not have bought the second when it was up for auction? Any of this fit with the history of these two cars?
Motown

[hvychev]

You must have seen me reading these old threads! The archived info on this site is priceless!

[MotownMadman]

Frank,
You just mentioned in a PM to me that you were glad to see me back so some good controversial discussions could be fired up to get everyones blood flowing again, be careful what you ask for.........
Motown

[Pantera]

You know it is funny but, I can remember so vividly seeing a Blue '69 cpe. with a window sticker showing the ZL-1 motor setting at a bodyshop here in Tulsa OK. back in the spring of '69. It had a blue interior too. I tried to find out who owned it but nobody knew for sure. Wish I had took pic of it so everybody would believe me. It didn't have any stripes on it but perhaps they were installed by the dealer when it got to the final destination.

I am sure about the color as I had a same color '68 400 hp turbo 400 cpe that I had picked up from the local salvage pool and it was still in the bodyshop at that time but almost finished. Because of the color of the coupe being the same as mine, it caught my eye and I stopped and looked it over.

It was still cold in the mornings and this was a Sat and the place where it was setting in their parking lot, was not open.

I drove back by two or three times and it was still there and then after 1 pm it was gone? Never saw it again or persued it any farther. Wish I had.

[DANA/TA]

I have read the post's about the L-88 and the ZL-1 option codes. Remember L-88 was a package not just a motor. The L-88 package was required before the ZL-1 engine could be installed. Just as an L-71 was required before an L-89 could be added. Each package had prerequisits for the next stage of performance. ZL-1 did not include the brake and suspension package that an L-88 did. So the L-88 code was the base platform to install the ZL-1 motor. Don't look at an option code as simply a motor. Study all the requirement's to satisfy the option code.

Hope this helps.

Mike

[Canucklehead]

Hey kevin it sounds like that car causes you alot of trouble, so being the kind sort that i am i would be glad to take it off your hands and end all this heartache.............no need to thank me, just tring to help

[VET65]

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[PLATINUM6BBL]

Originally Posted by Pantera

You know it is funny but, I can remember so vividly seeing a Blue '69 cpe. with a window sticker showing the ZL-1 motor setting at a bodyshop here in Tulsa OK. back in the spring of '69. It had a blue interior too. I tried to find out who owned it but nobody knew for sure. Wish I had took pic of it so everybody would believe me. It didn't have any stripes on it but perhaps they were installed by the dealer when it got to the final destination.

I am sure about the color as I had a same color '68 400 hp turbo 400 cpe that I had picked up from the local salvage pool and it was still in the bodyshop at that time but almost finished. Because of the color of the coupe being the same as mine, it caught my eye and I stopped and looked it over.

It was still cold in the mornings and this was a Sat and the place where it was setting in their parking lot, was not open.

I drove back by two or three times and it was still there and then after 1 pm it was gone? Never saw it again or persued it any farther. Wish I had.

In the 80's we were visiting family in the Grapevine, TX area and being a young gearhead I was always having to look through the local trader mags. I remember a ZL-1 Vette being listed in the Auto Trader magazine in that greater Dallas area. I bet too if you were to ask John Maher he could tell you if he saw a blue one with his orange one. He says there were 7 along with his.

[rynoshark]

I posted this on CorvetteForum, but since this thread sent me an update alert today, I figured I'd cross post this here as well.
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The following internal GM reports summarize production totals through September 1969. The Daytona Yellow ZL1 was ordered September 7, 1969 and completed assembly per the trim tag on September 11, 1969 (N11). I don't have a reference as to what GM's official production date was for the Daytona Yellow ZL1 (presumably either September 11 or September 12, 1969).

Here is a copy of the two documents and my analysis of these two documents: